Librarian's Quest

Twice this winter we've had a good five-inch layer of snow covering our ground.  Despite the depth my canine companion leaps and dives, ...

Most people are filled with a need to know, an insatiable curiosity.  They thrive on facts.   Revived in 1984 the immensely popular Jeopardy...

You go outside as often as possible walking through woods, fields and along lakeshores.  Some of the trails you take are man-made, others ar...

When you finish a book, close the cover and sit in silence, it's a book worth remembering.  If this particular title should be a biograp...

If you are fortunate, like I was, you grow up hearing stories.  Your parents tell you of their adventures as children, teenagers and adults ...

It seems a recurring theme permeates picture book biographies.  It is a theme which serves to inspire anyone who reads or listens to these t...

Some build their homes high above the ground among the leaves of a tree.  Others seek a hollow in that very tree, mid-way down or on the gro...

When walking among and working for decades in the realm of children's literature you come to respect the work of and have affection for ...

They are the world's largest land mammal.  This is an amazing thought to ponder.  There is nothing bigger on this entire planet than the...

To this day the lure is still strong.  Walking past the section of the store displaying the boxes of Crayola crayons without slowing down is...

When you're short (five feet, one inch as an adult) you grow up hearing your dad say, "She's little but she's wiry."  ...